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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="hypersonic" data-source="post: 1148322" data-attributes="member: 5217"><p>Just wondering what weight bullets you want to go up to? if you go 1-16 twist you are good to 250 grain bullets if you want to go with more weight like up to 280-300 you will probably want to go with a 1-12" perhaps a 14 would also work ok. Not a very popular cartridge and tough to find in a factory rifle which is a shame. I only know one other guy personally who has one he is my taxidermist has the exact same rife I have Rem 700 cdl with a 24" tube. His is stock mine has a timney trigger and is bedded and floated. He shoots the Barnes TSX 200's I shoot the 225 AB's although I am on the prowl for some 200 TTSX's for mine.</p><p></p><p> I had read quite a lot about the Whelen and thought it was interesting, well one day I was in one of my local gun shops having coffee and shooting the breeze with one of the older guys behind the counter and the 35 came up in the convo and would you know they had just gotten one in. So I walked out with it rings bases and glass and 2 boxes of factory ammo. Factory rem 250's were poor but gave me some trigger time and a barrel break in. Had dies and bullets a couple of weeks later and have not looked back since. Mine is really long throated so I am up over the published max for RL-15 and the 225 AB's but I have no pressure issues and long case life. I can usually now keep 5 in an inch or less on a regular basis at 100 yards.</p><p></p><p> Having one built is probably just the ticket as you will get exactly what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypersonic, post: 1148322, member: 5217"] Just wondering what weight bullets you want to go up to? if you go 1-16 twist you are good to 250 grain bullets if you want to go with more weight like up to 280-300 you will probably want to go with a 1-12" perhaps a 14 would also work ok. Not a very popular cartridge and tough to find in a factory rifle which is a shame. I only know one other guy personally who has one he is my taxidermist has the exact same rife I have Rem 700 cdl with a 24" tube. His is stock mine has a timney trigger and is bedded and floated. He shoots the Barnes TSX 200's I shoot the 225 AB's although I am on the prowl for some 200 TTSX's for mine. I had read quite a lot about the Whelen and thought it was interesting, well one day I was in one of my local gun shops having coffee and shooting the breeze with one of the older guys behind the counter and the 35 came up in the convo and would you know they had just gotten one in. So I walked out with it rings bases and glass and 2 boxes of factory ammo. Factory rem 250's were poor but gave me some trigger time and a barrel break in. Had dies and bullets a couple of weeks later and have not looked back since. Mine is really long throated so I am up over the published max for RL-15 and the 225 AB's but I have no pressure issues and long case life. I can usually now keep 5 in an inch or less on a regular basis at 100 yards. Having one built is probably just the ticket as you will get exactly what you want. [/QUOTE]
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